ok 2 things
4200 is non turbo
if you have twin turbo is 3200
different animal
what do you have?
--- Itn enricosmaseratipages@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk Augustin"
<kirk_augustin@...> wroteg
> Lots of possibilities.
> Fuel seems the most likely problem.
> I have seen everything from lack of gas tank venting, to leaky fuel
injector.
> Installing a fuel gauge will tell if there is a leaky injector,
because pressure will drop too fast when you shut down.
> Unscrewing the gas cap will show a lack of venting if you hear rapid
sucking sound.
> Other possibilities include overheating or vapor lock.
>
> When the "check engine" light goes on, that should be stored and be
possible to read back with and inexpensive tool.
>
> The whistle noise seems normal from the turbochargers.
>
>
>
> --- In enricosmaseratipages@yahoogroups.com, "IronMan" eduardo.nuno@
wrote:
> >
> > Hi there everyone.
> >
> > I'm a portuguese guy and i've recently bought a 2000's 4200GT.
> > Is a great car and althought i'm used to rebuild and doing
maintenance
> > on other big cars (Jaguar, BMW, Rolls Royce, Mercedes...), this one
is
> > completely new for me. A V8 twin turbo... a men's dream.
> >
> > The first thing i've notice is that it is a hell of a car with a
hell
> > of an engine. In fact it scared me! I use to ride a motorcycle too
and
> > has been a long time a didn't felt such a rush of adrenaline!
> >
> > I didn't had the time of doing a intensive check up on the car but
> > i've the sheet of the official garage maintenance done 5.000 km ago.
> > So, i've pushed it a bit and i've notice some kind of strange noise
> > when i push the trottle hard. It's like a low frequency whistle like
> > the wind passing trough a chimney.
> > Since i don't have any other to compare with,i would like to ask if
is
> > this normal?
> > I really think there's some problem with the air filters, but...
> >
> > Other anoying thing was, for two times, when stoped on the traffic
> > lights, the engine just shuted down and it took about 20 minutes to
> > start again.
> > During that, the "check engine" warning light was on and even after
10
> > minutes after start it was still on. Then it went off and everything
> > was back to normal.
> > This makes me affraid of getting stalled in the worst of the
> > circunstances. Does anyone knows how to diagnose the fault?
> >
> > I hope to be welcome on such esquisite club of owners.
> > Congratulation to Enricos for his fantastic web site and cumpliments
> > to all of you!
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
>